Twitter vs. Pinterest: a social divide

11:28 AM,
Feb. 17, 2013

Written by

Roger Yu
USA Today

The popularity of Twitter and Instagram among blacks in American is surging, while white women under 50 continue to pin away on Pinterest.

A survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet American Life Project also confirmed what parents of college students already know -- 83 percent of Internet users ages 18 to 29 use social media.

But in revealing the demographics of users by race and ethnicity, on other emerging social-media platforms -- Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr -- the survey also attests to social media's accessibility, ubiquity and influence. Pew compiled the survey after phone ...